Improvement in guards for harness-hames



C. H. ALLEN.

Guards for Harness Hames.

No.136,403, Patentedmarc'hfnn v y Z UNITED STATES PATENT DEEICE.

COTTOl\T H. ALLEN, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

IMPROVEMENT IN GUARDS FOR HARNESS-HAMES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 136,403. dated March 4,1873.

To all uhom it may coincer/n:

Be it known that I, COTTON H. ALLEN, of St. Louis, in the county of St.Louis and State of Missouri, have invented an Improved Guard forHarness-Eames; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to theaccompanying drawing making part of this specification, in which- Figurel is a side View of a collar and hames having my improvement applied tothe latter. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section through one of the hames andone side of the collar, where the draw-clip of the trace-strap isattached to the hame.

Similar letters of reference indicate -corresponding parts in the twoigures.

The object of this invention is to prevent horse-collars from being wornout at those points where the traces or the trace-clips cross thecollars, by the employment of a guard or protector, which is hinged tothe hames in such manner that it will adapt itself to horse-collarcushions of any size whatever, as will be hereinafter explained.

The following description of my invention will enable others skilled inthe art to understand it.

In the accompanying drawing, A represents one of the llame-bars, whichis constructed and applied to the collar B in the usual well-knownmanner. C represents a guard, which is a piece of metal or othermaterial of any suitable shape or size, that is hinged at b to a plate,a. This plate a is secured to the outer edge of each hame-bar A by meansof a draft-staple, c; those portions of which staple which enter theharnebar are somewhat reduced, so that when their ends are clinched theyrigidly hold the plate a, to which the guard Gis hinged. To the staple cthe trace D is attached by means of a drawclip, g, in the usualwell-known manner.

It will be seen from the above description that the guard C' liesbetween the draw-clip g and the back portion or belly of the collar, andthus prevents the collar from being rapidly Worn out at this point; and,while this is the case, the said guard will accommodate itself tocollars of various sizes.

Having described my invention', whatIclaim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, 1sl

The hinged guard C, in combination with the hame-bar A, substantially asdescribed.

COTTON H. ALLEN.

Witnesses:

WELLS HENDERsHoTT, JN0. R. WARFIELD.

